1 Samuel 1:22

But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

In Context

21And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.

23And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:23And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.

Joshua 4:7then thou mayest explain to thy son, saying, The river Jordan was + 4:7 Gr. failed.dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever.

1 Samuel 1:28And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,

1 Samuel 2:18And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girt with a linen ephod.

Psalms 23:6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.

Psalms 110:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:20-28

The Birth of Samuel; Samuel Presented to the Lord. ( b. c. 1137.) 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord . 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly… Read the whole commentary →

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